The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-26
JACK DUNCAN'S
Examination on the Charge OF
Bribery--Dudly NJ. Stew
arts Testimony.

count Of the firm with which McDul-
tie was connected, the forgery, the
fight, the letter-carricr's part, Dun
cans activity in the case, the money
transaction and the final arrest.
Dudley r. Stewart--My place of
business is on the .orner of Elm and
Lamar streets Dallas, engaged in the
brokerage business, style OF firm 5. s.
Floyd Il Co., composed Of \. G.. Me-
Campbell, of Louisville, Ky, 5. 5.
Floyd who resides in Chicago, III. 7.
II. McDutlie was All agent of our firm
and authorized to receive and send or.
ders and deposit it to our credit in the
Citizens National Bank in WaXahachie
Texas. lie had no authority to draw
drafts on us. He left us OH the 9TH day
of October 1886. ! went to WaXa-
hachie on Tie 8 OF October and served
out II warrant Tor his arrest charg-
ing him with forgery. reach
ed here OH the Sth an found
young man in my Office, and Jack
Duncan came in few moments after
got III the Office with Il young man
named Leescley. ] engaged Duncan
to work up the case. did moi agree
to give him Dnncan) any specified
amount. | asked him what he would
charge me. lie said that | would be
perfectly satisfied with his charge, and
that the amount | would have 10 pay
would depend upon where he caught
him. lie first informed me about
November /, 1886, that he had located
McDullic ut Birmingham, Ala. He
said he was at Dan Nash's house. lie
told me ho communicated with the
sheriff Of that county, and found
from him that there was
man of the description of McDuilie
at n mans house by the name of Dan
Nash he was not arrested at Birm-
ingham, Duncan came to me about
five or six days before the mail man
Corder came to my Office with Duncan,
with Marshal Arnold. He, Arnold,
told me in Duncan's presence that
Dullle was in Canada. We asked him
the place; he said he could find
out and would let us know the next day,
or as soon as he could find out. and on
the next day, Arnold came into my Of
flee in company with defendant and told
me that AIcDufile was in Toronto, Can
ada, the latter part of November, 1886;
on Monday about noon Duncan came into
the Office himself and said: Say, Stew
art, there is fellow outside that one
hundred dollars reward, and now we have
got McDufiie located in Toronto, Cana
da. He said il would be only few days
before we can get him, anyway, and he
was afraid that If this party had
any information of McDdffie's
whereabouts and we had better give him
s25 now and owe him the balance until
we find out whether or not his informa-
ton is true, for he might give us away by
notifying McDufie's friends" | agreed
IL should be done. Duncan went out aud
was gone 10 or 10 minutes, bringing in Cor
der, the letter-carrier. The business was
transacted as Mr.. Duncan proposed. He
told us that McDullle was in Toronto,
Canada, 4S Bond street. | got S25 and
wrote out due bill for $40, and either
or Duncan handed him the money and
due bill; think paid it through Jack
Duncan's hands. AT any rate, the mail
carrier Corder then and there got that
S25 and that due bill for S7j. Duncan
came to my Office one afternoon few
days after the above transaction
in the month of November and told me
there was letter IN the post Office
Then followed the interview with Post
master Cochran as heretofore detailed
said TO Cochran then that we could not
tell MECH about the outside of the letter,
but the inside mighttell more or all about
il and asked him the question If there was
by law that this letter could be offered.
He said there was not. On the day we
got the information from Corder, l tele-
graphed to the chief Of police at Toronto
to keep him under watch. l signed Jack
Duncan's name TO the telegram. l left
here on the 4th for Toronto, and reached
there on the 9TH. On that same day he
was arrested